Gill Perkins

Early Bumblebee queen on pink heather flowers.

Especially pleased to see my first Early Bumblebee of the year amongst all the Buff-taileds yesterday. #spring #earlybumblebee #bombuspratorum #britishbees #bugsky @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @davegoulson.bsky.social @bumblebeegill.bsky.social

What an incredible photo, thank you so much for sharing 🧡

Two Buff-tailed bumblebees feeding on a sunflower.

We’ve landed on Bluesky! 🐝

Follow us for the latest #bumblebee facts, project news and conservation updates 💙

Let’s get buzzing – say hi and tell us why you love bumblebees 👇

An image of a grassland with the text: "Grasslands store carbon, produce food and support our wildlife. But the UK Government has no strategic plan for them."

Did you know there is no dedicated team or person in Defra for grasslands, despite them covering 40% of England? 🤯

We're joining @plantlifeuk.bsky.social & partners in calling for the Gov to establish a Grassland Taskforce to unlock their value 🌱

Learn more: www.plantlife.org.uk/our-work/the...

A bumblebee dusted in yellow pollen sitting in a greyed-out flower. Text reads: 2024 was the worst year for bumblebees since records began.

It’s official, 2024 was the worst year for bumblebees since records began🚨

The latest findings from #BeeWalk, our national bumblebee monitoring scheme, have revealed bumblebee numbers declined by almost a quarter (22.5%) across Great Britain💔

Read on: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/british-bumb...

Mosses, reflections and misty layers.

Winter mists, Skipwith Common
#naturePhotography #landscapePhotography #winter #misty #Yorkshire

A small shiny green bee clings to one section of a cluster of red trumpet shaped flowers

Let's pretend it's July 7th instead January 7th. A hot summer day with a small metallic green sweat bee on the Bee Balm in my garden!

#invertebrates #NativePlants #FallBack #FallBackFlowers 🌿

January snow squall on the moors of South Uist, Outer Hebrides. Silver crystalline light and a biting northerly wind

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
300x200mm

#SouthUist #OuterHebrides
#Watercolour #Watercolor
#Landscapepainting

A bit of homework today. We have a couple of talks coming up and though I had a winter shot of the hardy banana bed (musa rajapuri, musa ‘Helen’& a good form of musa sikkimensis) I had no summer shots, then I checked videos and found this flamboyant performance from August!
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Pulmonaria blue ensign just beginning to flower in the polytunnel. #plantsforpollinators

Well the perfect present

Happy Christmas to all lovers of bumblebees…..well ok everyone then, because you might all have a bumblebee in your heart one day 🐝

The first of your #12DaysofFoxmas today - your Christmas #FoxOfTheDay from @jennyurqhart !

Beach with soft yellow sand, small waves, emerald waters and cloudy sun lighten up skie

All is Calm
All is Bright
🎄🎄🎄

Bee.

‘Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas Movie House.
Merry Christmas Emporium.
Merry Christmas you wonderful old Building & Loan…’

Merry Christmas George Bailey.
To all the George Baileys out there.

Sometimes you live your dreams without knowing.

#MerryChristmas 
#bee #goodnight #dream

A tenuous link to the festivities for today’s post. Merry Christmas all.
Turkey Oak, Quercus cerris. Leaves deeply divided with typically 5-8 pairs of lobes. Buds surrounded by long, narrow stipules. Acorn cup covered by narrow, long, spreading scales

Bee.

‘And goodnight to the street sweepers
the night watchman flame keepers
and goodnight Matilda, too…’

Dream beyond the wars of men without souls…

#bee #goodnight #dream

The sun shines through a cloudy sky over the beach and reflected in the ocean. There's a wood fence in the foreground with opening to walk through to go down to the beach

When I stand in this spot I know I'm about to see birds and crabs, maybe some dolphins, feel the wind and hear the waves and get lots of sand in my shoes. Glorious

#ArtAdventCalendar 🌿

A super evening with the incomparable Olly Smith, wine and bumblebees

"People should care, quite frankly. Because if you're silent about injustice, you're giving consent to it." (Mark Konrad)(Photo Credit: Christian Buehner/Pexels)

Happy Saturday, y'all.

Bluesky is proving well up to the task of providing helpful & informative Syria coverage. Some amazing footage around. Verification etc can only make things better moving forward.

Mixed media illustration looking down into the snow-covered Pennine Village. The picture is largely monotone. The focal point is the pink walls of an old inn on the bridge.

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 8
‘Snowstorm in a Pennine Valley’
Artist: SR Badmin

#bumblebees have a lovely day

Bumblebees can fly in a straight line even with a 30 mph cross wind…but perhaps not this weekend!

American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus) American Bumble Bee in August 2022 by James Kindt. Interesting behavior- American bumble bee cuts open closed trumpetvine flower to get inside. No...

“Nectar-robbing” is a well-known phenomenon, but a few years ago I saw something a little different- a bumblebee cutting open a trumpetvine (Campsis radicans) flower to retrieve pollen. Does this have a name? #bees #inaturalist #pollination

www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Absolutely fascinating! Make sure you read the full thread....

Thank you @hcslambert.bsky.social for making this so accessible 🐝🌿🌻

#bumblebees #flowers #insects

Hi Elaine we are doing a social media review at the moment to look into it all and consider our resources before moving over. We have a very small team!

The government is legally required to make the UK net zero by 2050 , but we’re seriously off track to achieving our climate targets . Warmer homes , cheaper energy , better transport , cleaner air and decent green jobs are achievable . . . but we need action . 1/

Woven stems

I’ve started weaving #festivewreaths & #christmasttees. But the trees look like wings!!! Hmmm. I wonder what I can make that has wings??? I know ….. maybe #bumblebees! 🐝💕🐝. What do you think??